No.1 Winter Ale
Oddbins in Walsall, West Midlands, England 🏴
Brewed at/by: East London Brewing (ELB)Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Winter Out of Production
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Score
5.70
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Leighton (34941) reviewed No.1 Winter Ale from Oddbins 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle at home in London - picked up at an Oddbins waaaaay back when. The BB 11/2014, so this is an oldie. But at first sniff, it seems to have a lot of kick still. It pours totally clear reddish gold with a frothy, off-white head. The festive spices leap out of the glass, with strong notes of cinnamon and nutmeg, along with all spice, light potpourri, all underscored with toasted crackers and with accents of ripening berries. Interesting flavour. There’s lots more somewhat drying spice character, with slightly tangy berries, some oxidation-suggesting caramel notes, toasted bread. Light bodied with average carbonation. Finishes with further berry twang, toasted bready malts, perfume, drying nutmeg and cinnamon, subtle earthy bitterness. Well, the spice character is pretty-full on and, to be honest, is just a bit too strong in the aftertaste. It’s all somewhat reminiscent of accidentally inhaling some perfume after someone (perhaps oneself) has sprayed it. For novelty, good marks, but for drinkability, this one suffers a bit.
gunnfryd (21926) reviewed No.1 Winter Ale from Oddbins 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Pale amber-orange colour with a beige head. Flavour and aroma is cinnamon, ginger, cloves, malt, spices, caramel, dried fruits. Medium body. Weird beer.
fonefan (84534) reviewed No.1 Winter Ale from Oddbins 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle 500ml. @ [ Fastelavn Smagning - Carnival Tasting, Ulfborg ]. [ As East London Oddbins No1 ].Clear medium amber orange color with a small, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, spicy, clove. Flavour is moderate to light ligth heavy sweet with a long duration, spicy, clove. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20140301]
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed No.1 Winter Ale from Oddbins 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle at Fastelavn Smagning 2014 @ J&C’s beer palace, Jutland Saturday Session 2 - 01/03/14, acquired from the premier Oddbins at LB. Murky amber orange with moderate off white spottage. Nose is spice, pumpkin pie, herbal twang, bitter orange, over ripened fruits. Taste comprises throat losenge, bitter orange, medicinal pangs, spice, cinamon bark. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, spicy linger in the close. Hmmm ... over spiced and no balance, not an easy drinker, of all the beers to promote as a shop special !!!
yespr (55501) reviewed No.1 Winter Ale from Oddbins 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
50 cl bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small to fully gone head. Aroma is dry and herbal. Flavour is spiced, herbal and bubble gum. Bitter and spiced finish.
Meilby (14731) reviewed No.1 Winter Ale from Oddbins 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle 500ml @ fonefan
Pours hazy brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, cinnamon and caramel. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long spicy finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Back (3589) reviewed No.1 Winter Ale from Oddbins 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
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yngwie (24278) reviewed No.1 Winter Ale from Oddbins 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle. It pours an unclear, golden-orange body under a small, off-white head. The aroma has cinnamon, ginger and cloves, some dried fruits too. The flavor has the same spices, a tad much on the clove side. Some caramel notes and dried fruits. Some sweetness and bitterness, but actually it’s a tad too dry to bear the spices. Medium body. Lasting clove finish with some caramel. Not my kind of spiced beer. 140301
Rasmus40 (37007) reviewed No.1 Winter Ale from Oddbins 11 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Hazy amber with a small off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and cinnamon. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 010314
saxo (29721) reviewed No.1 Winter Ale from Oddbins 11 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Medium head with medium duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are cinnamon, cloves, malt, grass and hops. Weird and over spices.